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Finn ~ 16 weeks

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Last weekend we spent some time in the yard doing some major reclamation of our gardens!  The weeds had grown like crazy and taken over our front bed in particular. Between being gone a lot and all of the rain lately we haven’t had much opportunity to work outside. Luckily Finn took a couple of good naps during the weekend which allowed us to spend some much needed time outdoors. Things are once again looking good!

Finn is really getting to be a pro at hand-eye coordination. He is constantly grabbing at any and everything with his hands.  Beginning this week he is in love with holding his feet with his hands. It seems like he constantly has his legs up in the air at ninety-degree angles and is reaching for his toes.  His favorite position when being held is to stand upright, facing whoever is holding him. He has really strong legs and is quite good at grabbing (or swatting) at your face!

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He continues to sleep in a “sleep sack”. We had a rough night this week where he was waking every two hours, ugh! That makes for one tired momma! Not sure what that was all about but hopefully we won’t have too many more of those.  I’m hoping he will “sleep through the night” soon. He usually sleeps about 6 hours, but oftentimes his last feeding before bed is sometime in the 9 pm hour, which means he is getting up around 3 am! We’ve also had to make the next diaper size upgrade as he was seeming to leak through 1 of every 2 diapers. I stepped on the scale with our little man this week and I think he is right around the 14 pound mark. He has some cute perma-wrinkles in his upper thighs.  He continues to lose some hair – mostly on the left and right sides of his head. The back still has plenty of hair and the top is as crazy as ever. What is coming in is definitely blonde!

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I love his expressions here!

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Work is going pretty well for me. I’ve been really busy with lots of planning and season re-cap meetings since my return. The days pass pretty quickly and Finn is doing really well with Tricia while I’m gone. He sleeps and eats great, usually taking 2 long naps (2 hours or more) during the day. She takes photos of him and posts them in our baby app so both Kevin and I enjoying being able to see him throughout the day.

We have been enjoying a short work week this week due to the holiday. On Thursday we had a fun family cookout to celebrate the 4th of July with the Beilstein’s, Bethune’s, and Armstrong’s. It was a fun afternoon filled with plenty of food! We really enjoy having everyone over. Finn was so into it that he felt he’d rather join the party than sleep, so he was up most of the time other than a few power naps of about 1/2 hour each! He made up for that on Friday though, taking a few rather long naps. Kevin and I enjoyed a nice day around the house and then went out to do a bit of shopping at the mall Friday evening.

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Kevin was playing ball with Cameron the other day. It never lasts long, as Lily always feels she must get in on the action. Bear is getting along pretty good these days. She hobbles along, but still makes it almost everywhere that everyone else does!

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Tonight is our second date night. We will be taking Finn to Amy and Andy’s while we head out to dinner and a movie. We are looking forward to that!

 

 

Finn ~ 11 weeks

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Here he is at 11 weeks – a real cutie, eh?  We have had quite a fun-filled week.  We began on Saturday with cousin Graham’s 3rd birthday party at Amy and Andy’s house.  It was a fun construction-themed birthday and several of Graham’s friends were able to come and play.  Once again, I’ve snatched a few photos below from Amy. I went to take the first photo at the party and realized the camera battery was dead, ugh!

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In the last week or so we had the stumps ground down from some large trees we had taken down in the winter. So Kevin spent a couple hours in the yard hauling all of the wood that remained to the back of our property. Hopefully it will make for some good fires this winter! None of the girls care for the loudness of the lawn mower, but I was able to get Lily to “pose” for a couple of quick photos outside. And of course Bear loves to just bask in the sunshine…

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On Memorial Day started the morning by going to the Powell Memorial Day Parade.  It was a cloudy and wet morning through the rain held off for most of the parade until right toward the end.  Finn was asleep when we arrived, but we took him out of the car seat to see the parade and he woke up and stayed awake through most all of it (though you can see he got a bit bleary!). Check out our little patriot!

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In the afternoon we headed to our friends James & Laura’s home for a fun cookout with lots of friends. Thankfully the weather cleared up and we spent a few hours hanging out in their back yard talking with old friends and new.

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On Thursday I took Finn on a nice jaunt around our neighborhood and the surrounding ones as well.  We were out and about for right around a hour.  It was a hot and humid day and Finn slept a good 40 minutes of the walk. He was all smiles when he woke up!

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On Friday FInn and I headed to the Memorial Golf Tournament in Dublin with our friend Sarah and her daughters Audrey and Samantha.  I wasn’t quite sure how he would do and since golf rules require absolute silence during play I was a bit nervous! He ended up sleeping almost the entire time other than a quick stop for lunch.  It was perfect timing to take a few photos and a great day for a walk around the course!

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We purchased a few new nyla bones for Cammie and Lily and they made for some happy girls. I no longer had them out of the package before they were each tearing them up! The older ones around the house had been chewed down to bits.

IMG_20130531_201856_939Last week Amy thankfully watched Finn for a few hours while I headed into work. She actually had all 4 kiddos sleeping at once!! She’s a super mom.  Before nap time she snapped some super cute photos of Greta and Griffin together.  They are so cute – so I’m reposting a couple here from her blog: www.chezbethune.blogspot.com.

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Finn ~ 9 weeks

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This week began with a wonderful day on Sunday, my first Mother’s day! A mom to Finn, anyhow! Below is a photo of me, the girls, and Finn. In the morning before church, Kevin prepared a lovely waffle breakfast (aka “fancy pants”) and coffee.  It was delish!  We spent dinner time with a nice cookout at Amy and Andy’s. My parents were there too and we all enjoyed a nice afternoon together. [photo credit below to Amy 🙂 Hers are the really professional, bright looking ones!]

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Finn may be going through a growth spurt as a couple of days early in the week he was eating every 2 1/2 hours almost to the dot. He followed those days by sleeping far more than usual. He has found his hands and loves to suck on them and stick his fingers in his mouth when he is awake and alert. He is up a fair bit during the day, he just doesn’t seem to want to sleep a lot. Even though he doesn’t sleep a ton he is a happy guy!

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He has had a bit of congestion and a stuffy and snotty nose this week too. On Wednesday night we went out for dinner to our spot in Powell. It was a warm 80 degree night, even at 8 pm when we arrived, and we sat on the patio.  I think we had our little man dressed a bit too warmly as he became fussy toward the end. Once we got home he was inconsolable for a good 5 minutes, which when you are listening to your little one wail seems like an eternity.  Ugh, he turned pretty pale, which freaked me out as I would think he would be flushed, so we gave him a bath once he calmed down to help soothe him a bit.  I was a nervous momma that night!

Yesterday was Finn’s 2 month checkup! Dr. Hout said he checks out great! He weighed in at 10 lb 10 oz (12th percentile), 23.25″ (in the 70’s percentile), and 39.2 cm head circumference (51st percentile). I was pretty surprised by his weight gain as I had figured he would be more in the 11 pound range – he is getting heavy to hold!  He had an oral vaccine and one shot in each thigh.  Poor little guy was congested too so he had a rough morning and slept a lot of the afternoon while being babysat by Grandma Beilstein. Mom and dad came down to help us pickup large shrubs using dad’s truck and muscles! We have a fun landscaping project ahead this weekend.  More on that next week…  We wrapped up the evening with a nice dinner at City Barbecue!

He enjoys tummy time in small doses! He can really hold his head up there as you can see in these photos.  Though he gets frustrated after about 5-10 minutes, especially if it is around time for a nap.  I’ve learned it’s not best to do tummy time to close to a feeding!

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